Everything people ask before they pick a number

Nimra is an app for prepaid phone lines. Each line is its own phone number for calls, incoming texts and voicemail, over Wi-Fi or mobile data. No SIM card and no contract.

A US or Canadian number with a local area code, from licensed carrier partners. It works over the internet, which is why this kind of number is also called a virtual or VoIP number. How a line without a SIM works.

No. Nimra is an app on the phone you already have.

No. Nimra is an app that gives you a phone number. It has no mobile data of its own, so your phone still needs Wi-Fi or a data plan, and your own SIM stays as it is. A SIM abroad, or a number in an app?

Yes. You pick the number in the app and it works wherever you have Wi-Fi or mobile data. People in the US call it as a domestic call. Guides: for students, for freelancers, for business owners.

No. A line needs Wi-Fi or mobile data. When your phone is offline, callers reach your voicemail, or your other number if you turned on call forwarding.

Not yet: sending texts is coming soon. Lines receive texts today, and you can call anyone.

Often, but not always. Many services send codes to Nimra numbers, while some banks and large apps refuse internet-based numbers. Test the service you need first. Why some apps reject numbers.

Yes, most of them. Calls are charged by the minute from your credit, at one rate for the US and Canada and one for other countries. A few high-cost destinations are not available. International calls without a contract.

The caller reaches your voicemail, and you get the message written out in English or Arabic. You can also forward unanswered calls, or all calls, to your own phone.

Yes. Set quiet hours on any line and calls in that window go to voicemail. You can also block numbers and send numbers that aren't in your contacts to voicemail.

As many as you need. Each has its own name, calls, texts, contacts and settings.

Nimra is prepaid. You add credit in the app, the line is paid from it every 30 days and calls are charged by the minute. Voicemail is free, credit never expires and there is no contract. Every price is on the pricing page.

No. You add prepaid credit that never expires. Lines renew from it every 30 days, or lapse if you stop.

Nimra doesn't place emergency calls over the internet. If you dial 911 or 112, Nimra hands the call to your phone's own dialer so it goes through your mobile carrier.

Yes. The whole app works in English and Arabic, the website has an Arabic version, and voicemail is transcribed in both.

In the app, open Settings, then Account & legal, then Delete account. It removes your numbers, texts, calls, voicemails and credit. More on deleting your data.